Improvement in street-lamp posts



P. H, BRANSoN.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PHILIP H. BRANSON, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

IMPROVEMENT IN STREET-LAMP POSTS.

l Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 46,44 4, datedFebruary 21, 1965.

` To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, PHILIP H. BRANsoN, of the city and county of St.Louis, and State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Street-Lamp Posts; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description of the saine, which will enable thoseskilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings and the letters of reference marked thereon andforming part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a perspectiveview of one of the posts inthe ground. Fig. 2 is a sectional viewshowing the base of the post separate from the upper part. Fig. 3 is atransverse section of the sleeve or lower end of the upper post.

The invention relates to constructing lampposts in two parts-viz., abase, which is set in the ground, and a column or upper post, which hasa sleeve on its lower end which ts into the upper end of the base. Bymaking lamp-posts in this manner great saving may be made in theoriginal cost of the post, and in case the upper part of thepost isbroken it is easily replaced by a new one, without the trouble andexpense of digging up the old base, which frequently has to be delayedfrom inclemency of the weather.

The base A of the post has a ange, b, around it near its lower end,which, when it is in position, receives the weight of the post landprevents its sinkinginto soft soil. There is a collar, d, around theupper end of the base A, on which the base c ofthe upper post, B, rests.The upper piece of the post B has a sleeve, c', on its lower end belowthe base e, which ts into the cavity of the base A. 'lhe arrangement ofthe sleeve c is clearly shown in Fig.

2. The sleeve c has a number of chippingstrips, 0', projecting from itssides, as seen in Fig. 3. By casting the post with these chipping-stripson it it can be easily fitted tightly to the base A with no other toolsthan a hammer and cold-chisel.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as a new manufactureand desire to secure by'Letters Patentv l. A lamp-post constructed intwo parts, substantially in the manner and for the purpose herein setforth.

2. The employment of the chipping-strips 0', substantially as and forthe purpose set forth.

` PHILIP H. BRANSON. Witnesses:

M. RANDOLPH, JNO. W. HERTIIEL.

